Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for November 25, 2013
November 24, 2013
November 26, 2013
Transcript:
Marigold: And what will come of the standardized test you look last week? Phoebe: Nothing'll happen for a while, then one say we'll find out about our percentiles. Marigold: What is a percentile? Phoebe: Dunno. It's, like, a number of some kind. Marigold: Just so long as you are learning.
Eldric IV over 10 years ago
I remember learning about percentiles for standardized testing in 2nd or 3rd grade.
It made no sense to me at the time that 99th was the highest percentile. I wanted to score 100% and I thought 99 was not good enough. I was also troubled by the lack of gold star stickers.
Hag5000 over 10 years ago
Knowledge is power.
Mythfan Premium Member over 10 years ago
I remember having to take ever increasing numbers of such tests. Eventually I realized that the results didn’t affect me personally, so I started answering at random. Other students in my classes did the same. Sometime later I heard about how US students fell far behind other countries at right around that grade level.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 10 years ago
Agreed unicorn.
ewalnut over 10 years ago
I did the same thing as Mythfan. It amazes me that anyone puts any trust in the results of those tests.